New Zealand is banning cigarettes for the next generation.
The country has introduced a steadily rising ban to stop those who are now aged under 14 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes.
It’s a move designed to save $5 billion in health costs.
As part of the push the number of shops allowed to sell cigarettes will be reduced from 6000 to 600 and the amount of nicotine in tobacco products will be dramatically reduced.
That’s great, but as anyone who has anything to do with young people will tell you, many of them have taken up vaping instead, which carries with it some alarming health warnings.
Should Australia follow the same path as New Zealand?
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